How to Deploy the Application

Installer Package Names

You can deploy Cisco Unified Video Advantage and the Cisco VT Camera II drivers by using the installer packages listed in Table 2-1. The installers are bundled into one Zip file that contains a separate installer for the Cisco VT Camera II drivers and another installer for the Cisco Unified Video Advantage application.

Note Cisco Unified Video Advantage does not install the Cisco VT Camera II drivers during its installation. You install the camera drivers and the application as separate tasks.

Note Cisco VT Camera III does not require any separate driver installation because it uses the camera drivers in your operating system.

Table 2-1 Installer Packages for Cisco Unified Video Advantage

Filename

Description

CiscoUnifiedVideoAdvantageSetup.exe

This executable contains the required Windows Installer engines and default verbose logging for typical deployments. The executable is recommended when end users are installing the application on their own PCs.

CiscoVTCameraDriverSetup.exe

This executable contains the installer for the Cisco VT Camera II device drivers. The installation prompts the user to choose the language (if a language other than English is available).

CiscoUnifiedVideoAdvantageSetup.msi

This MSI1 package allows you to provide deployment customization using command-line options. Logging is not automatically set when you use the MSI package. The MSI package is recommended for use by systems administrators with their deployment tools.

CiscoVTCameraDriverSetup.msi

This MSI package contains the installer for theCisco VT Camera II device drivers. This package is offered in English only.

Software Components

Transmits and receives device information so that Cisco Unified Video Advantage software can determine the IP address of the Cisco Unified IP Phone to which it is connected and can associate to that phone.

Cisco Unified IP Phone firmware

Firmware release that supports video on the Cisco Unified IP Phone.

For details about specific phone models and firmware releases, see the release notes for the phone model you are using:

Deploying the Application and the Cisco VT Camera II Drivers

Restriction

Cisco Unified Video Advantage and Cisco VT Camera II do not support the advertising or publishing deployment in which a user installs the application by opening an icon that the administrator has placed on the desktop.

Before You Begin

•If users in your company do not have administrator rights on their computers, we recommend that you use a software deployment tool for initial deployment. Alternately, you can manually install Cisco Unified Video Advantage and camera drivers on each PC.

•If your users are using third-party video cameras, make sure you provide them with the camera drivers and the instructions for installing them.

•Use the EXE package for end users and the MSI package for advanced users or administrators.

•On Windows Vista, even administrators have restricted permissions by default. Ensure that users have elevated privileges throughout the installation process.

Note Cisco VT Camera III does not require any separate driver installation because it uses the camera drivers in your operating system.

Deploy the executable or MSI package to a shared location (such as a web server) where users can access it.

Push the installer at an elevated privilege so that users can complete the installation (run the installer and follow the installation wizard)

Deploy either the executable or the MSI package directly to the client computer. Use an administrator account if necessary.

Push the installer at an elevated privilege so that users can complete the installation (run the installer and follow the installation wizard).

or

Perform the installation operation directly on a client computer while logged in as the administrator.

Use a software deployment tool to distribute Cisco Unified Video Advantage and camera drivers to client computers. Use this method if users do not have administrative privileges on their computers and if you want to avoid manually installing the application on each client PC.

Software deployment tools include group policy-based tools, such as Active Directory, or more advanced tools, such as the SMS1 software from Microsoft.

Push the installer at an elevated privilege so that users can complete the installation (run the installer and follow the installation wizard).

Customizing the Deployment with Command-Line Options

Table 2-4 provides examples of command-line options that are specific to the deployment of Cisco Unified Video Advantage with the MSI package and the Cisco VT Camera II with the MSI package. (Values given for variables are examples only.) You can use command-line options to reduce the number of configuration tasks that users might need to perform during and after installation.

Note These configuration options are for new installations only and not for upgrades.

For a complete list of command-line options that can be used and examples of their usage, see this URL:

Note If you want Cisco Unified Video Advantage to display a window that users must manually dismiss before the installer reboots the computer, add a "+" character after "qb" in the command-line options in Table 2-4.

•(If users do not have administrative privileges on their computers) Use a software deployment tool to push software updates. A software deployment tool can temporarily elevate privileges for installation purposes. You probably used a software deployment tool to initially deploy the application.

Step 3 Tell users to follow the steps in the user guide for upgrading the application and Cisco VT Camera II drivers.